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The Uttarakhand High Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL)  seeking a direction to the respondent-authorities to give the details of the persons to whom permission has been granted for carrying on mining activities in the rivers flowing inside the forest area throughout the State of Uttarakhand.  The PIL further prayed to issue directions to the respondent-authorities to stop such activities being carried on by the private individuals for extraction of mines and minerals in the ...

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A test case

The Kerala High Court has recently laid down detailed guidelines on the very limited scope of cases where DNA test of children born to rape can be carried out. This is to protect the child in the future, said the Court

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Vacillation by courts while deciding MTP cases shows the enormity and difficulty of their decisions. The rights of the mother have to be balanced with that of the child and require great sensitivity

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Job Losses in Silicon Valley

Last year, the tech industry lost 2,60,000 jobs—more than in the dotcom meltdown two decades ago. There is little evidence that this will let up in 2024. The technology field is shifting in a direction that is not a good trend for Indian technology workers in the USA on H-1B visas

Trump on Trial

The former president has been confined to a Manhattan courtroom. He faces 34 felony charges after prosecutors accused him of faking business records to conceal a hush-money payment made to a porn star in 2016. He faces three other prosecutions, but this will most likely be the only trial before the November election

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The Supreme Court Registrar recently refused to receive the application filed by the Centre seeking clarification of the 2012 judgment in the 2G Spectrum case. The central government sought a clarification that the verdict does not bar the allocation of spectrum through means other than public auction in certain situations. Mentioning that the application was in effect seeking a review of the 2012 verdict in the guise of seeking clarification, the Registrar dismissed it by terming it misconc...